CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, KY
| 1 | Keertana | Margin: neck | BRIS: 92 | TrueNicks: A+ | $105,006 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Mare | Johar - Motokiks, Storm Cat
Sire: Johar , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 16 starts, 6 wins, $1,494,496. Lifetime: 121 yearlings sold, median $15,000.
Broodmare Sire: Storm Cat, Dark Bay or Brown, 1983.
| 2 | The Best Day Ever | Margin: neck | BRIS: 91 | TrueNicks: A+ | $33,872 |
2006 | Bay Filly | Brahms - Added Asset, Lord At War (ARG)
Sire: Brahms, Dark Bay or Brown, 1997. Raced 3 years. 17 starts, 5 wins, $843,050. Lifetime: 205 yearlings sold, median $11,500.
Broodmare Sire: Lord At War (ARG), Chestnut, 1980. In 2009: 2.59 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $260,000.
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $24,000.
Keeneland Association 2006 November Breeding Stock Sale, $13,000.
| 3 | Hot Cha Cha | Margin: 1ΒΌ | BRIS: 91 | TrueNicks: C | $16,936 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Cactus Ridge - Reduced Sentence, Broad Brush
Sire: Cactus Ridge , Bay, 2001. Raced 1 years. 4 starts, 4 wins, $187,850. Lifetime: 85 yearlings sold, median $10,000.
Broodmare Sire: Broad Brush, Bay, 1983.
Others: Banker's Choice, $8,468; Super Poni, $5,080; Oculuna, $1,746; Prytania, $1,746; Rena, $1,746.
Scratched: Kiss Mine; Satans Quick Chick; Excelente (IRE).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keertana | Robby Albarado | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 2 | The Best Day Ever | Corey J. Lanerie | Kenneth G. McPeek |
| 3 | Hot Cha Cha | Jesus Lopez Castanon | Philip A. Sims |
| 4 | Banker's Choice | Calvin H. Borel | Ian R. Wilkes |
| 5 | Super Poni | Tony Farina | Keith Chudzik |
| 6 | Oculuna | Alan Garcia | Darrin Miller |
| 7 | Prytania | Julien R. Leparoux | Thomas F. Proctor |
| 8 | Rena | Garrett K. Gomez | Dale L. Romans |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keertana | Robby Albarado | $14.80 | $6.60 | $4.20 | |||||||
| The Best Day Ever | Corey J. Lanerie | $8.00 | $4.40 | ||||||||
| Hot Cha Cha | Jesus Lopez Castanon | $3.40 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (9-2) | $96.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (9-2-7) | $465.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (9-2-7-5) | $1,930.40 | ||||||||||
Odds-on favorite Zagora, off for nearly five months, was razor sharp in her return Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs, taking over at the top of the stretch en route to winning the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT).
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Keertana, a winner in four of her five starts last year including three in graded ranks, returns from an extended layoff as one of the main contenders in the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 4 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Thursday, February 02, 2012Thoroughbred owner and breeder Jerry Jamgotchian announced he will donate $100,000 from the sale of Morekissesforpatti at Keeneland's upcoming January horses of all ages sale to the athletic department of USC.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Trainer Bill Mott put an exclamation point on his big Breeders' Cup weekend at Churchill Downs when the regally-bred Deluxe held on for a half-length victory in the $109,900 Cardinal Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov 6.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Lenny Shulman talks with trainer Eric Reed, whose charge Satans Quick Chick runs in the Ladies Classic on Friday, November 4. Sponsored by Taylor Made Stallions
Havre de Grace made a decisive case for favoritism in next month's Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), as she annihilated Royal Delta and three others in the $350,000 Beldame Invitational (gr. I) Oct. 1 at muddy Belmont Park.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
La Gran Bailadora came from far off the pace on the final turn to capture the $100,000 Distorted Humor Kentucky Cup Distaff (gr. III) Sept. 24, giving trainer Mike Maker three consecutive stakes wins on the Turfway Park card.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
A well-matched stakes undercard featuring a pair of grade III events and two other races worth $100,000 apiece supports the WinStar Kentucky Cup in its return to Turfway Park Sept. 24 after a one-year absence.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Bizzy Caroline, making her stakes debut, kicked clear late to register a 2 1/4-length win in the $138,125 Regret Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Churchill Downs turf course June 18, earning her third consecutive win.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Glen Hill Farm's Banned, a smashing winner of the American Turf (gr. IIT) in his most recent start, returns to Churchill Downs as the heavy favorite for the $100,000 Jefferson Cup (gr. IIIT) on June 18.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Barbara Hunter's homebred Snow Top Mountain, first or second in 10 of 12 starts thus far, will seek her first stakes victory in the $100,000 Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs June 11.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
A 35-slide review of the many races from the holiday weekend!
In a thrilling photo finish in which three horses were separated by the narrowest of margins, it was the 5-year-old mare Keertana who prevailed over her male rivals in the $111,200 Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tom, Evan and Tim Holland briefly recap the Preakness Stakes, examine the Louisville Handicap and give a shout out to a special horse.
Upperline returns to Chicago for the first time since winning the Arlington Oaks (gr. III) last summer when she faces nine opponents in the $100,000 Arlington Matron Stakes (gr. III) May 28.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Musketier, fresh off his repeat victory in the Elkhorn Stakes (gr. IIT) at Keeneland, heads a field of 10 in the $100,000 Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) May 28 at Churchill Downs.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Barbara Hunter's homebred mare Keertana took over from Honimiere approaching the sixteenth pole and bounded home for a convincing 1 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 28 at Keeneland
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Watch Me Go, sent off at odds of 43-1, outdueled 86-1 longshot Crimson Knight by a neck to post a shocking upset in the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (gr. III) March 12 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Barbara Hunter's Keertana, unbeaten in both starts this season, will be among the favorites in a competitive field of nine drawn for the $150,000 Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 12 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
A long list of winners from a weekend of racing! ArchArchArch and Mucho Macho Man.
Keertana bided her time behind the pacesetting Belle Watling and then outfought the late-charging Zapparition to win the $100,000 The Very One Stakes (gr. IIIT) by a half-length on the Gulfstream Park turf course Feb. 20.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Swettenham Stud's homebred 6-year-old Changing Skies won the $100,000 The Very One Stakes (gr. IIIT) a year ago and returns as the likely favorite in the 1 3/8-mile turf contest Feb. 20 at Gulfstream Park.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Bettors should have a bonanza with Gulfstream Park's $100,000 Marshua's River Stakes (gr. IIIT) Jan. 9 after 14 older fillies and mares were entered for the 1 1/16-mile turf event.
Thursday, January 06, 2011Askbut I Won'ttell switched off the hedge in upper stretch and ran down favored Kiss Mine and My Baby Baby to register her first graded stakes win in the $113,900 Cardinal Handicap (gr. IIIT) Nov. 7 at Churchill Downs.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Shared Account pulled off the biggest upset in the history of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), out-finishing heavy favorite Midday in a thrilling stretch drive to win at odds of 46-1.
Friday, November 05, 2010
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